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litany

noun as in recital of items, often part of religious services

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But does anyone think this litany of tasks is an appropriate use of physician time?

There has since been a shocking litany of thousands of cases of physical and sexual abuse of children.

Well, despite the litany of issues at hand, this is an absolute win-win for Jackson.

At which point you might recite the now-standard litany of “dark” Disney secrets.

Fink ran through a litany of concerns: China, Japan, “the nonsense in Washington,” the Federal Reserve.

If you can stand a few hours of talk from an old smacksman you may hear a sombre litany of horror.

The invocation, "Queen conceived without the stain of original sin," was added to the Litany of Loreto.

"Happen he gi' him both, and throwed in th' Litany," shouted another.

And she whispered back: "They will pray for those that travel by water in the Litany."

He then repeated a portion of the Litany of the Episcopal church, with apparent fervor.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to litany, such as: catalogue, recitation, repetition, account, enumeration, and invocation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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